The YouTubers who still find joy in World of Warcraft, even when it’s suffering

World of Warcraft has been in a pretty rotten spot since the Battle for Azeroth expansion was released. And while the next patch — Tides of Vengeance — looks to improve a lot of what’s frustrating players, the expansion still has a dark cloud hanging over it. But ultimately, World of Warcraft is still a video game enjoyed by millions of players every month. World of Warcraft YouTubers Taliesin and Evitel are two such people. Even thought it’s their job — Taliesin has worked full-time on the channel for a year now — to offer advice to players, shout about the news and run through the recent lore, the recently married couple still manage to find the fun in the game itself. “Of course there’s still fun in WoW,” said Taliesin in a interview with Polygon at BlizzCon 2018. “Because we wouldn’t play otherwise. I mean, and that’s the thing, that’s why I don’t understand people who say they hate it and I actually kind of really pity people who clearly hate the game but their livings are tied to it in some way — maybe in some kind of creation — and so they have to do it and the way that they get through that is to be over the top down it. I like to think that even though our living is tied up quite heavily in it, if it wasn’t fun to play, I wouldn’t, I’d just do something else. We’d make some different videos and… [Read full story]